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<h3>Pair Programming <span class=SpellE>Redux</span> <o:p></o:p></h3>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU>At the time of writing my previous <a
href="http://tedzafirov.blogspot.com/2006/09/is-pair-programming-all-its-made-out.html">post</a>
on Pair Programming, I had a lot of experience with the concept; however, I
hadn't really tried it with a lot of different people. During this iteration of
our project, I had the opportunity to pair program with other members of my
team.<br>
<br>
This proved to be an interesting exercise. In my previous <a
href="http://tedzafirov.blogspot.com/2006/09/is-pair-programming-all-its-made-out.html">post</a>,
I had outlined some advantages and disadvantages of pair programming and at
that time I had only experienced the advantages. This time round I was able to
face some of the challenges it has to offer as I was no longer working with
members who were on the same technical level. Essentially, it felt like I spent
the majority of the time explaining what was happening as opposed to discussing
possible avenues we could be taking, optimisations, refactoring, etc.<br>
<br>
This is not necessarily a disadvantage in some contexts. For example, from an
educational point of view, I am able to further concrete and refine my
knowledge by discussing it with peers. Also, if more time is spent with a team
member who may be less knowledgeable in the current task, which can change
quite quickly. However, we were only able to spend three hours with a member
and given those time constraints, the only conclusion I can draw is that Pair
Programming (in this instance) requires the two members to be of equal
technical ability in order to be effective.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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